Assets and Maintenance

We need to look after our assets with regular inspection and maintenance. To do this we regularly need to access private property.

Both Powerco and private landowners/occupiers have health and safety duties. Whenever Powerco staff or contractors work on our assets in any location, they will meet their health and safety responsibilities. Some of these responsibilities are set out in the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.

The act focuses on a collaborative approach to health and safety. If the landowner is also a business, we have a mutual duty to consult, co-operate and co-ordinate on our health and safety obligations. Even where the land owner or occupier is not a business, Powerco considers we have a health and safety partnership. We will still approach our duty to keep our assets and our people safe in the same way.

Powerco and its contractors

We aim to:

Comply with health and safety training, hazard assessment and site safety processes.

Notify land owners or occupiers when planning work on their land.

Prevent our assets from becoming a danger or a nuisance by keeping them regularly inspected and maintained.

Land owner or occupier

We ask you to:

Inform us and our contractors of any unexpected safety hazards before we enter your land.

Let your own workers and any visitors know where we are working.

Comply with all safety instructions issued by our workers or contractors.